XPost: ca.politics, soc.culture.usa   
   From: a425couple@hotmail.com   
      
   On 8/18/2019 2:08 PM, Wood wrote:   
   > On 8/17/2019 2:46 PM, a425couple wrote:   
   >> On 8/17/2019 9:01 AM, a425couple wrote:   
   >>> On 8/15/2019 2:10 AM, Wood wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Recreational marijuana should be repealed. People need to exercise   
   >>>> self-control. The shootings that we have experienced are caused by   
   >>>> people thinking they can do whatever they want.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Recreational marijuana is a symptom of this thinking.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Set a good example for the young. Exercise self-control. Or else   
   >>>> California will become a place for trash and bums.   
   >>>   
   >>> Are you also for prohibiting alcohol?   
   >>>   
   >>> We tried making that illegal, and it did not go very well.   
   >>>   
   >>> I will agree that everyone would be better off if   
   >>> they would work harder on exercising self control.   
   >>> But I also agree with a wise chiropractor (doubling   
   >>> as psychologist) who said,   
   >>> "Life is not an endurance contest to see how much   
   >>> pain you can put up with."   
   >>   
   >> And, some one elses opinion:   
   >>   
   >> SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has   
   >> issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how   
   >> fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the alluring flavors and   
   >> that marijuana is outlawed unless prescribed by "competent" doctors.   
   >>   
   >> The new guidance in the August issue of a church youth magazine does   
   >> not include fundamental changes to the religion's strict health code,   
   >> but the clarifications are significant and seem to reflect growing   
   >> concern about young Latter-day Saints' adherence to the rules.   
   >>   
   >> The article says it aims to clear up issues that could be confusing   
   >> for young people within the religion's "Word of Wisdom," a set of   
   >> rules about what foods and drinks are good for members and what   
   >> substances they should avoid.   
   >>   
   >> The rules prohibit alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and coffee and tea.   
   >> They are based on what church members believe was a revelation from   
   >> God to founder Joseph Smith in 1833. The faith's rejection of coffee   
   >> has long generated curiosity and more than a few jokes, including a   
   >> scene in the biting satirical Broadway musical called "The Book of   
   >> Mormon" where dancing cups of coffee appear in a missionary's nightmare.   
   >   
   > Look at Mexico. They tolerate the marijuana growers and the cocaine   
   > dealers. They are dying in Mexico.   
    >Purchasing pot supports Mexican   
   > cartels. You support kidnapping and murder.   
   >   
   No.  You are being silly and ignorant.   
   Buying legal and carefully regulated 'pot' in   
   Washington state is not connected with Mexico.   
   It is watched in Washington while being grown,   
   processed, and sold.   
      
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